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SSGA global equity beta head retires, promotes two

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... two executive promotions as its local managing director and global equity beta lead exits the company after two decades. SSGA confirmed that Susan Darroch has retired as the senior managing director and head of global equity beta solutions for Australia ...

Super funds keen on alternatives managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... winners by asset class were: Firetrail and Yarra Capital in Aussie equities, GQG Partners and State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) in international equities and BlackRock in fixed interest and MSIM and GPT in property. In dollar figures, IFM Investors ...

SSGA launches four model portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... seeing is financial advisers looking to what the big, institutional investors are doing and where their mindset is heading. SSGA is aiming to bring this type of quality to the adviser market, he said. The ETF model portfolios were made available on managed ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... corporate culture, an institutional investor says these two issues will now shape conversations with boards more than ever. SSGA senior managing director Susan Darroch said the significant role boards play in creating good corporate culture is often ...

Diversity is the answer to war for talent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... having a single female board member, 21 have appointed a woman to their board, with one other committing to do the same. (See: SSGA strengthens gender equality actions ).

Aussies second-most optimistic about retirement: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Australians are the second-most optimistic about retirement, according to new SSGA research that compared retirement satisfaction levels across eight countries. SSGA's Global Retirement Reality Report polled 9400 people across Australia, US, UK ...

SSGA strengthens gender equality actions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... against the entire slate of board members on a nominating committee if a company does not have at least one woman on its board. SSGA said the enhancement to its board gender diversity voting guidelines would begin in Australia, the UK and US in 2020 ...

Managed accounts could outstrip super sector on CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... retirement income products developed at superannuation funds. However, they could play a part in advice-based solutions. At SSGA, Shead's team studies equivalent solutions in rest of the world to look for features that could work well for Australians. ...

Advisers can't ignore CIPR debate: SSGA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... providing income to substitute or supplement the Age Pension. "Treasury is on a mission and you need to be listening," he said. SSGA has been working on CIPR equivalents in the UK and US for about five years and is in the process of implementing such ...

Advisers can help democratise philanthropy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... space and seizing leadership opportunities to make a difference without having to sacrifice financial returns. Williams told SSGA's Winning Edge event yesterday that the days of seeing philanthropy as writing a "big cheque" after amassing a lot of money ...